Bluecopter Demonstrator - Performance insight gained from Computational Fluid Dynamics, Blade Element Methods and flight test data

摘要

The Bluecopter Demonstrator project, launched in 2011 and still running at the submission date of the abstract, aims at proving the feasibility of future eco-friendly helicopter concepts, demonstrating "green" technologies in flight, and testing "transversal" technologies for potential serial application on all helicopter classes of Airbus Helicopters [1]. The project addresses three main streams: a reduction of the power required, an increase of the power available, and noise reduction. The proposed paper focusses on the first two streams, while noise reduction is addressed in [2].